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October 11, 2011

Crock Pot Apple Butter

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness!! I have just tasted the most divine apple butter I have ever eaten! I used to work at an Amish Restaurant so I have had my fill of apple butter. I have never tried to make it though…until now.

I got the idea for this recipe from AllRecipes. But this particular recipe called for me to cook it in the crock pot for 11 hours and I didn’t want to get up during the night to turn off the crock pot. So, I changed it up a bit. This is what I did:

This sounds great and so easy to make! I love apple butter and have often wondered how it’s made and if I could manage it at home! Thanks for posting this recipe, I’ll write it down and try it out sometime in the coming weeks!

I made this last year with a bit of a difference. I first cut the apples into fourths and put in the crockpot to cook (before peeling or coreing–just washed) and cooked until really soft. I then put them through a food mill like this http://www.greatknives.com/Mouli%20products/food%20mill%202%20lg.jpg and then added the spices and cooked it til it was the consistency that I wanted. I made some with sugar and some with Splenda for those in the family who are diabetic. All LOVED it! Easy peasy…

Love this & have used the allrecipes recipe many times. Sometimes we don’t even add the sugar and then can the apple butter to use as a fat substitute for baking (great with gingerbread, muffins, etc.)

Thank you all for the kind comments. This stuff is really good. I’ve been eating every morning on my toast.Brenda, I would guesstimate that it takes about 15lbs of apples to fill the crock pot. After the coring and peeling it is about 7lbs. that fills the crock pot. When I made this last batch, I was working with about 42 lbs of apples and making apple sauce and desserts too!Enjoy.

I just discovered apple butter this year and canned a bunch of it. My recipe called for adding 2 cups of cider and 2 cups of vinegar, so it took a hundred years to boil down. But it was so worth it. Now I just hope no one dies from my casnned goods! Come check out my canning experiences this fall!

I made this again while visiting my mom last week and we used her 5 quart crock pot and just used 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon, and just over 1/8 teaspoon both cloves and salt. In her 5 quart crock pot it took a little longer to cook as well. I think it was because the lid of her crock pot was plastic as opposed to my glass lid which gets a better seal and holds the heat it better. I hope this helps. It is really YUMMY…I think I’m gonna go make me a piece of toast now!!

I want to make the crockpot apple butter, would you tell me what kind of apples are best to use? how many I would need to make a 7qt crockpot full? about how many pints will I have once the apples cook down? it sounds Soooo wonderful for a nice winter breakfast… Thank you, Darlene

Hi Darlene,I would guesstimate that it takes about 15 pounds of apples to fill the 7 quart crock pot. The apples that I use are what we call “deer apples”. They are just a variety of apples. They are the ones the orchard cannot sell full price because they are either too big, too small, or have spots on them. So I don’t just use a particular kind of apple. I get these “deer apples” at my orchard for under $5 for 20lbs.After cooking down, the apple butter will make between 4-6 pints. We are always dipping in to our apple butter before I actually get it frozen or canned…It’s THAT good!Enjoy!

I just had to say thank you for this awesome reipe! I have another batch brewing this morning and have received rave reviews from family and friends – who requested more! Since I am out of canning jars (gotta love a good bounty!) I have been freezing it and that works well to! Thank you again and have a blessed holiday season!

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